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Fashion Illustrations of the Past

Artistic depictions of historical fashion, featuring men and women in traditional attire of various periods, showcasing diverse styles.

The Allies in Paris in 1815: the friendly Prussian, 1815 Woman, seen on the back, in a checkered dress with long sleeves and scalloped hem, trimmed with a contrasting piping. Accessories: Laifel hat over which a checkered scarf, gloves, umbrella, scarf are trimmed with fringes, flat shoes. Next to her is a Prussian soldier dressed in a uniform coat with contrasting collar, cuffs and turned around buildings. Long uniform pants with vertical piping in contrasting color along which a row of knots and tires under the feet. On the left a saber with tarragon (ribbon) and sabel brush, on two hanging straps. Turned a sash around the medicine, ending in long brushes. Further accessories: Chapka (hat), around the neck a ribbon with 'iron cross', giberne (bag) on a bandelier, shoes with square noses and traces. The print is part of a series of 14 fashion prints, 'Les Alliés à Paris and 1815, scenes de Moeurs', Paris, 1815. paper engraving fashion plates. head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes). dres
The Allies in Paris in 1815: the friendly Prussian, 1815 Woman, seen on the back, in a checkered dress with long sleeves and scalloped hem, trimmed with a contrasting piping. Accessories: Laifel hat over which a checkered scarf, gloves, umbrella, scarf are trimmed with fringes, flat shoes. Next to her is a Prussian soldier dressed in a uniform coat with contrasting collar, cuffs and turned around buildings. Long uniform pants with vertical piping in contrasting color along which a row of knots and tires under the feet. On the left a saber with tarragon (ribbon) and sabel brush, on two hanging straps. Turned a sash around the medicine, ending in long brushes. Further accessories: Chapka (hat), around the neck a ribbon with 'iron cross', giberne (bag) on a bandelier, shoes with square noses and traces. The print is part of a series of 14 fashion prints, 'Les Alliés à Paris and 1815, scenes de Moeurs', Paris, 1815. paper engraving fashion plates. head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes). dres
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La Mode Illustrée, 1876, No. 50: Costumes d'Enfants (...). Nine children in interior play together, dressed in children's clothing from the Grands Magasins du Louvre department store. Print from the La Mode Illustrée mode magazine (1860-1937).Frisian women on the ice; Herre Goe! ZEL JI SO Klimijden, now Mokœrum in Pikjen / How now! Will you be dressed, to Molqueren sleds / Quoi! Avec Ces Beaux Habits, Vous Allez and Traîneau à Molqueren .Two Young Ladies in Frisian Traditional Costume on the Ice. One is in a sled, the other is on the skate. From Hindeloopen or a place nearby. Part of a Bound Edition of the Series of Twenty-Four Plates of Dutch Costumes at the Kingdom of the Netherlands at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Maaskamp, ​​1829.La Gazette des Salons, 1836, No. 93: overcoat, habit & pants (...), 1836 According to the caption, the man wears a 'pardessus', 'habit' and long pants from the stores of Uhlendorff & Lebois. High hat of Mugnier. Hairstyle of Bouchereau. Knotted neck cloth. Shoes with heels. Walking stick. The woman is wearing a 'capote' or canopy hat from Gaupillat and a dress from Oudot Manoury. 'Fichu a Collet roundabout' by MME Delatouche. Further accessories: earring in the right ear, brooch, handkerchief. Print from the fashion magazine La Gazette des Salons (1835-1837). paper engraving dress, gown (+ women's clothes). fashion plates. coat (+ men's clothes). coat: overcoat (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (PANTALON) (+ men's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). walking-stick, staff, cane (+ men's clothes). styles of hairdress. head-gear (CAPOTE) (+ women's clothes). piece of clothing covering the breast or décolleté (FICHU) (+ women's clCaricature illustration depicting a woman holding up her skirt to reveal her legs as a ticket collector asks to examine her ticket on a tram. 'Le Rire' magazine 1902.COSTUME DE HUMANN. Chapeau de Guitar,…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866Fashion, 1836: wholesale Raples of Naples Écru (...), 1836 Redingote from 'Gros de Naples' and dress from Mousseline van Delisle. Apron off with lace and 'Fichu Mantille' from Lasalle. 'Bonnet à l'Herbagère' by Lemonier. Man in costume from Humann. Gloves and Mitaines from Privat. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode (1829-1855). paper engraving / etching fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). dress, gown: redingote (+ women's clothes). apron (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (MANTELET) (+ women's clothes). piece of clothing covering the breast or décolleté (FICHU) (+ women's clothes). gloves, mittens (MITAINES) (+ women's clothes). head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ men's clothes). coat (+ men's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ men's clothes). monocle, single lorgnette (+ male human being (not to be used where -A- is prescribed))Costume d'un Pion ou agent de police; Costume d'un habitant malais, 1830 - 1835. Engraving published by J. Tastu in Paris, measuring 34 x 52.5 cmVestidos para los personajes de la obra teatral "Los Miserables", de Victor Hugo. Grabado en color de 1879.German peasant costumes - Tyrol Zillerthal , Clothing & dress. Louis Prang & Company CollectionLadies' diary and modes, 1912, Parisian costumes, no. 33: Making a young man.fashion 19th century Biedermeier group of people illustration from ""Die Feldmesse"" lithograph by Echart Monten 1835,A sentimental walk in the Abbey of Longchamps, 1836. Woman in dress with wide-bell skirt and narrow sleeves, beret. Man in top hat, coat and pants. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris, William Heinemann, London, 1898.This 1888 illustration shows a New York dandy in 1849. By definition, dandy refers to a man unduly devoted to style, neatness, and fashion in dress and appearance.O Civilisador, ca. 1859, 3o Anno, No. 16, c. 1859 paper fashion plates. coat (+ women's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes). skirt (+ women's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ women's clothes). trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes). coat (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (VEST) (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes)Der Bazar, Illustrized Damen-Zeitung, April 1881, pl. 25.A. Girls and boys' clothing 1881Two women in fur. Two women dressed in a coat with fur collar. Both wear a sleeve and a feather hat. One of them holds a walking stick.Strolling in the Gardens of the Palais Royal, Louis Lecoeur, after Claude Louis Desrais, 1787 print The garden of the Palais Royal belonged to the Duc dOrléans, who opened his garden to the public. The garden is surrounded on three sides by buildings with galleries on the Rez-de-Chaussée. We see a corner of the garden of the Palais Royal, the meeting place of Demi-month on the eve of the French Revolution. The 'Demi-Monde' is fashionably dressed on the signs of Desrais. On the print, the hats of the women have adopted extravagant proportion. paper etching dress, gown: walking dress (+ women's clothes). coat (+ men's clothes). dress, gown: redingote (+ women's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ women's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ women's clothes). public gardens, park Paris. Garden of the Royal PalaceFashion, France, 19th century. Men's fashion plate depicting valete and coachman. From Journal des Tailleurs.Berlin fashionable gentlemen, 1812, Germany, history of fashion, costume history, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century origin...Le Bon Genre: Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris 1827 Published by La Messangère French. Le Bon Genre: Observations sur les modes et les usages de Paris 346258The Ready made Napoleon. William II, emperor of Germany, exchanging his coat and helmet for a hat and coat in the style of Napoleon I, emperor of the French; Bernhard von Bülow stands next to him, also dressed in the style of an early 19th century French aristocrat, holding a cape draped over his right arm. Valet Von Buelow - Sapristi, Herr Wilhelm! They become you most beautifully. Political cartoon, 1905Madame Romanini , La Sylphide Aerienne costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artistNew Invented Elastic Breeches 1812 () Thomas Rowlandson. New Invented Elastic Breeches. After John Nixon (British, London bap. 1755-1818 Ryde, Isle of Wight). 1812 (). Hand-colored etching. PrintsWarner Bros. Coraline corsets. The latest aesthetic craze. , People, Corsets, 19th Century American Trade CardsLe follet, 1853, no. In 1817 to: Costes, Manage (LUNNN (...), so 1853 Three men with walking sticks near a fence. According to the caption, they wear Humans costumes. Below a rule of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Le Follet Courrier des Salons (Novembre 1829-Octobre 1882). paper steel engraving fashion plates. ensembles of pieces of clothing (SUIT) (+ men's clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (VEST) (+ men's clothes). coat (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (PANTALON) (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (TIE) (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (REVERS) (+ men's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ men's clothes). walking-stick, staff, cane (+ men's clothes)De Bazar, 1882, nr. 14, pl. 509, Anonymous, 1882 Print from the fashion magazine De Bazar, illustrated magazine for modes and crafts (1857-1900). The Hague paper fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). fruits: cherry. dress, gown (+ girls' clothes). gloves, mittens (MITAINES) (+ women's clothes)Satirical comment on extreme women's fashion, in this case sun bonnets popular in the early 19th century. Here, the exaggerated is exagerrated even more as gentlemen do their best to communicate withLatest Paris Fashions and Children's Fancy Costumes - supplement to The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper and Court Chronicle, May 24th, 1879Girl of Savoy, leaf from 'A Collection of Dresses by David Allan Mostly from Nature', David Allan (Alloa, Scotland, 1744 - 1796) 1776fashion 19th century mens fashion France lithograph Paris 1838,Moniteur of ladies and young ladies, 1886, no. 2247th: fabrics and scarves (...), 1886 Company in Dress up clothes ('transvestissements'). Under the performance some lines of advertising text for different products. Print from the fashion magazine Monitor des Dames et des Demoiselles (1854-1902). paper engraving fashion plates. dress-up party. historical costume (+ boys' clothes). historical costume (+ girls' clothes)Illustrated fashion 1869, No. 18: children's costumes, 1869 Children's clothing. A group of children in and around a goat wagon. A girl helps another girl step into the car. There is a boy with whip on the Koetsiersbank. This image is printed with two different plates. There are small differences at the bushes behind the standing girl in the cart and behind the girl in the red dress. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode Illustrée (1860-1937). paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown (+ girls' clothes). skirt (+ girls' clothes). head-gear: hat (+ girls' clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ girls' clothes). boots (+ girls' clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ boys' clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ boys' clothes). four-wheeled vehicle drawn by more than three animals. whipGazette of Fashion, April 1866. Elegant company in a garden with two riders on horseback in the background. Five men, one of whom with riding boots with traces and whip. In the middle a horned couple, woman in amazone costume (riseum) with decorated underskirt. Accessories: borderless hat with feathers, hair grid, whip. Print from the fashion magazine The Gazette of Fashion, and Cutting-Room Compagnion (1847-19 ..).Little mail of the ladies 1823 (171), 1823 Print from the fashion magazine Petit Courrier des Dames (1821-1868). paper engraving Print from the fashion magazine Petit Courrier des Dames (1821-1868). paper engravingFashion image, five figures, mens fashion, UnknownTraditional costume of the island of Marken in Noord-Holland, 1857, 1857 Traditional costume on the island of Marken in the province of Noord-Holland. Some fishermen. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper The ground Traditional costume on the island of Marken in the province of Noord-Holland. Some fishermen. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper The groundRiders going to Longchamp ... (IT)Crinolinomaniaie./15./Convenience of the counters-counters applied to new fashionable skirts. (Registered title (letter)) | Crinolinomania. (Title of all)Fashion image, three figures, girls and boys fashions, UnknownA fashionable evening. (Dummy title)Prints - Fashion - Extreme Hat Fashions - as caricatured by Crinkshank in 1835 Dress and fan for a 4 year-old girl, house dress for women, engraving from La Mode Illustree, No 39, September 27, 1885.A Paris Masked Ball / (February 17, 1894)Bal de l'opéra. - (22 janvier 1831) - Uniforme des commissaires ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other WorksModes for laughter, 1855-1865, Nr. 4: Justine, do you think that (...).French Directory. Government of France during the penultimate stage of the French Revolution. Period costumes Directory. 1795-1799. Engraving. 19th century. Colored.Traditional costume of Volendam in Noord-Holland, 1857, 1857 Traditional clothing of the town of Volendam in the province of Noord-Holland. Men and women on the dike. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper Volendam Traditional clothing of the town of Volendam in the province of Noord-Holland. Men and women on the dike. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper VolendamAmerican fashions, fall & winter 1849-50, by John R. Shankland, no. 100, Chesnut St. Philadelphia / designed & lithographed by Hoffy, No. 20 Sth. 3rd. Street, Philadelphia ; P.S. Duval's Steam lith. Press, Philadelphia. | Library of CongressMedieval soldiers with axe and shield, tunic and shoes. Military costumes from Bible 10, Manuscripts in the Bibliotheque royale. Costumes militaires (MSBR Bible No. 10). Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.Tyrolean costumes, engraving by Doring, 19th centuryGazette du Bon Ton, 1923, No. 1, Pl. IV: Fall beaten (...), 1923 Hunting costumes. Three men and a woman shoot birds from the sky. Print from the fashion magazine Gazette du Bon Ton (1912-1925). paper engraving fashion plates. bird hunting (+ requirements, necessaries (sports ~ animals)). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes)Illustrated fashion, 1867, No. 29: Children's costumes, 1867 Five girls, one of whom sits on a swing, in a park. A boy with a hoop in his hand, leans against a balustrade. Print from the fashion magazine La Mode Illustrée (1860-1937). paper engraving fashion plates. dress, gown (+ girls' clothes). head-gear: hat (+ girls' clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ girls' clothes). skirt (+ girls' clothes). boots (+ girls' clothes). parasol, sunshade (+ girls' clothes). necklace (+ girls' clothes). trousers, breeches, etc. (BREECHES) (+ boys' clothes). clothing for the upper part of the body (+ boys' clothes). boots (+ boys' clothes). head-gear: hat (+ boys' clothes). (bowling a) hoop. swinging (children's game). swingTchingui, danseur turc. Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, 1671-1737. 1714. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , Turkey, Dancers , Turkish , TurkeyTeething trouble in the development of the sewing machine. Embarrassment caused by machine stitching come undone. Dated 17th April 1869.Traditional costumes from Wuerttemberg in 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, exact original date not known, Germany, EuropeBoot and Shoe Shop: Women customers trying on shoes and boots at Leatherhead cobblers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, aquatint by J.C. Stadler, after a sketch by J. Green from Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, Ackermann, London, 1813.THE NEW COURT COSTUME, 1869Italian Fisherman, leaf from 'A Collection of Dresses by David Allan Mostly from Nature', David Allan (Alloa, Scotland, 1744 - 1796) 1776Fashion, France, 19th century. Caricature of a first class train car (Modes pour rire).Gentilhomme Valaque. Vanmour, Jean-Baptiste, 1671-1737. 1714. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , Turkey, RomaniansCostumes of the people of Concepcion, Chile, with women in shawls, full skirts with many petticoats, copied from La Perouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.Traditional costume of Alblasserwaard in Zuid-Holland, 1857, 1857 Traditional costume in the Alblasserwaard in the province of South Holland. Man and woman at the waterfront. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper Alblasserwaard Traditional costume in the Alblasserwaard in the province of South Holland. Man and woman at the waterfront. Illustration in a book from 1857 with 56 records of Dutch traditional costumes. print maker: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandsafter drawing by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper AlblasserwaardInterior shop 18th century, with three women and a man behind the counter, c. 1772 - c. 1777 Interior of a store () With three sitting women and a man behind the counter. From left to right: woman with a cat on their lap. Woman with the feet on a footstool, a roll of paper in hand. She is wearing a dress with heats and sabot, fell to the hem with a recommended strip. A necklace with cross around the neck. The man is wearing a frak, vest and jabot. Woman dressed in a dress trimmed with a controlled strip. A necklace with cross around the neck. The women wear a hat on the dressed hair. paper engraving fashion plates. head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes). wig - AA - ~ women. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). cat. shop, store. coat (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (+ men's clothes)Modern fashions. Fall & winter - digital file from original item | Library of CongressParis. New Temple Market. The stock market in clothes.Trajes mexicanos, soldados del Sur, 1855 = Costumes mexicains = Mexican dresses.. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. General Research Division. Mexico City (Mexico) , Description and travelBroadway fashions, New York ca. 1866. A group of ladies enjoy a spell outdoors. Two ladies wear their hair in the fashionable titus cut. Their gowns have half-length sleeves & low, square necklines. Date: circa 1805Spring in the city , City & town life, Dry goods storesLe Monument du Costume. This series of plates centres on the fashion, interiors and etiquette of the wealthy French elite around 1776. We follow a young lady du bon ton (of good taste) from the time of her pregnancy until her return to society life. At home, she is shown in a negligée 1 2 3. For a horseback ride in the Bois de Boulogne, she chooses an Amazonian riding outfit 4, and when paying a visit to Marly, the kings country residence, she dons a robe à la polonaise 5. The opera demands a robe à la française, with a skirt so wide that she can pass through doorways only sideways 6.Gründemann & Jonckbloedt. / Most modern design of / gentlemen, young and children's clothing / made or to size / coupe Systéme americain. / Mariaplaats 3, - Utrecht.